It is coming up to 75 years since Pan Am signed a contract for 29 units of the new Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. The doubledecker plane could fit up to 100 passengers inside one of the first pressurized cabins and was a truly innovative aircraft for its time.

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377 Stratocruiser Images:
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Anak: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
BOAC: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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Pan American Airways: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...
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Pan Am: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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United Airlines: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...
United Airlines: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...
Northwest: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...
Northwest: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...
Northwest: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...
Pan American Airways: https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A...
US Air Force: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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Ghana Airways: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...
American Overseas: https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A...

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Guppy: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...

Fisher, Lloyd J. & Windham, John O. Ditching Investigation of a 1/20Scale Model of the Boeing Stratocruiser Airplane (C97), report, 1955; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/... accessed March 21, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

Douglas DC8: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
DH Comet: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Qantas 707 https://www.flickr.com/photos/archive...

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